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Fruit Growing Guides

Find the best advice and tips on growing fruit plants and fruit trees here. Whether you want to just have a few strawberries in pots, or go all out and dedicate your garden or allotment to fruit cultivation, our expert guides and masterclasses are designed to help you get the best results.

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Mulberry Charlotte Russe Growing Guide

Hard to find the fruits in supermarkets, you can have all the joys of growing your own mulberries without the hassle of keeping a large tree. Mulberry …

September 8, 2017Fruit Growing Guides 1 CommentRead more
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Blackcurrants, Fourberries and Jostaberries Growing Guide

Site and Preparation Blackcurrants prefer a well drained, fertile soil, in a sunny position which is sheltered from cold winds (Do not plant in ‘frost …

November 9, 2015Fruit Growing Guides, General 1 CommentRead more
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Raspberry Growing Guide

Raspberries grow best in a well-drained but moisture retentive, fertile soil in a sunny position. Ideally, the soil should be slightly acid with a pH of 6-6.5. …

October 19, 2015Fruit Growing Guides, General Read more
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Hybrid Berries and Blackberry Growing Guide

Blackberries grow best in a well drained, fertile soil in a sunny or partially shaded position. They can even be planted against a north facing wall or fence …

October 12, 2015Fruit Growing Guides Read more
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Cranberries, Juniper, Sloe, Goji and Black Chokeberry Growing Guide

Cranberries Growing Guide Cranberries require a sunny sheltered position, a moist acid soil that does not dry out. In gardens that have alkaline soils …

September 28, 2015Fruit Growing Guides Read more
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Kiwi Growing Guide

The Kiwi is a vigorous climber and if allowed can reach a height of 10m (30′). The plants should be trained up a strong trellis, pergola or wire supports …

September 14, 2015Fruit Growing Guides Read more
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Walnuts, Chestnut, Cobnutt, Filbert and Almond Tree Growing Guide

Cobnuts and Filberts Growing Guide These are best grown as a bush tree with an open centre giving the classic wine glass shape. The young Cobnut or filbert …

August 17, 2015Fruit Growing Guides Read more
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Apricot Tree, Peach Tree and Nectarines Tree Growing Guide

Before planting erect a trellis against the wall. The lattice should be 1ft square and the trellis should measure approx 2.1m (7′) long by 1.8m …

July 27, 2015Fruit Growing Guides 3 CommentsRead more
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Gage and Plum Trees Growing Guide

  Plum trees will also benefit greatly from fruit thinning, removing fruitlets to a population that is likely to be consumed. The reward will be a superb …

July 20, 2015Fruit Growing Guides 1 CommentRead more
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Apple Trees Growing Guide

Bush Apple Tree Probably the most widely seen style of apple and, well grown, can be a highly productive method. The aim is to arrive at an open centred apple …

July 6, 2015Fruit Growing Guides 1 CommentRead more
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    Hard to find the fruits in supermarkets, you can have all the joys of growing your own mulberries without the hassle of keeping a large tree. Mulberry Charlotte Russe is a dwarf and compact variety, only reaching a height of 1.5 metres, it is suitable for growing in any garden – a truly magnificent breakthrough. […]

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